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Oils and fats inflation: annual rate by year since 1989

Annual rate, 2025
4.1%
ONS, CPI
12 months to August 2026
-2.8%
ONS series D7HL

The ONS gives an annual CPI rate for oils and fats (COICOP 01.1.5) for every year from 1989 to 2025: 37 years. In 2025 prices in this class were 4.1% higher on average than in 2024, against 3.4% for all CPI items. The highest yearly rate in the series is 21.8% in 2022; the lowest is -4.6% in 2015. The rate for this class was higher than the all-items CPI rate in 19 of the 37 years where both are published. Prices in this class fell on average in 9 years. The index (2015 = 100) stood at 100.0 in 2015 and 191.3 in 2025.

21.8%-4.6% 19892025
Every value in the official series, 1989 to 2025.

Oils and fats inflation by year

YearAnnual rateIndex (2015 = 100)CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7)Difference
20254.1%191.33.4%+0.7 points
20249.3%183.72.5%+6.8 points
202318.3%168.17.3%+11.0 points
202221.8%142.19.1%+12.7 points
20213.2%116.62.6%+0.6 points
2020-2.7%113.00.9%-3.6 points
20194.1%116.21.8%+2.3 points
20185.9%111.72.5%+3.4 points
20176.2%105.52.7%+3.5 points
2016-0.6%99.40.7%-1.3 points
2015-4.6%100.00.0%-4.6 points
2014-0.6%104.91.5%-2.1 points
20132.8%105.52.6%+0.2 points
20122.4%102.62.8%-0.4 points
201111.8%100.24.5%+7.3 points
20106.7%89.63.3%+3.4 points
20090.1%84.02.2%-2.1 points
200817.2%83.93.6%+13.6 points
20076.5%71.62.3%+4.2 points
20065.1%67.22.3%+2.8 points
2005-2.2%64.02.1%-4.3 points
20042.0%65.41.3%+0.7 points
2003-0.1%64.11.4%-1.5 points
20021.4%64.21.3%+0.1 points
2001-2.0%63.31.2%-3.2 points
2000-1.2%64.60.8%-2.0 points
1999-1.8%65.41.3%-3.1 points
19980.8%66.61.6%-0.8 points
19971.2%66.01.8%-0.6 points
19965.1%65.22.4%+2.7 points
19955.1%62.12.6%+2.5 points
19941.2%59.02.0%-0.8 points
19932.5%58.32.5%–
19923.2%56.94.2%-1.0 points
19913.3%55.27.5%-4.2 points
19905.3%53.47.0%-1.7 points
19897.9%50.75.2%+2.7 points

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Latest monthly rates

Month12-month rate
August 2026-2.8%
July 2026-4.0%
June 2026-3.9%
May 2026-0.8%
April 2026-4.7%
March 2026-0.8%
February 2026-1.8%
January 2026-1.0%
December 2025-1.6%
November 20250.7%
October 20251.8%
September 20250.9%
August 20252.0%
July 20255.0%
June 20255.1%
May 20253.8%
April 20256.9%
March 20257.4%
February 20258.5%
January 202510.2%
December 20249.7%
November 20249.6%
October 20247.8%
September 202411.1%
August 202411.5%

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